Nan Rong Jinghua was slightly surprised, her gaze falling on Helian Ci sitting on the pearwood chair. The deity's face was serious.
"Is what Your Highness said true?"
Helian Ci, "..."
He didn't know why, but when faced with Nan Rong Jinghua's serious expression, he suddenly felt a little uneasy.
"Second Imperial Brother?"
Sisi poked her little head out, blinking her grape-like, watery eyes, and looked at Helian Ci with curiosity.
"Well, a gentleman's word is always taken seriously."
Helian Ci coughed awkwardly, then suddenly regretted it. How could he have forgotten?
Since Nan Rong Jinghua could persuade his father to betroth his younger sister to him, he might actually be able to convince his father to let his younger sister go out of the palace to play on Yuan Shuo Day.
Well then, at worst, I'll just not be a gentleman. With that thought, Helian Ci's expression softened a little.
"Very well, let's consider this a bet. If His Majesty agrees to let Sisi go out of the palace for a visit on the day of Yuanshuo, I hope Your Highness will not break your promise."
Nan Rong Jinghua's long, jade-like fingers picked up the tea offered by the palace servant and sipped it lightly. Today, she accompanied Ah Sheng as usual, but she never expected to have such an unexpected gain.
"nature."
After all, he wasn't exactly a respectable person. Helian Ci only felt slightly ashamed of what he was thinking before moving on, and even became somewhat self-righteous.
The person who had been watching the whole thing glanced at the handsome scholar on the left, then at the second prince by the Daming Lake on the right.
Her rosy cheeks and long, curled eyelashes fluttered slightly. I always felt that the handsome tutor had been deceived by the second prince.
Consort Lian entered the palace but did not linger for long before returning to her room. Even so,
However, a palace maid who was personally attending to him was listening in the hall. Upon hearing the maid's report...
Her eyebrows furrowed deeply, and with a wave of her hand, she dismissed the serving palace maids. Ci'er was truly becoming more and more outrageous.
Why bother with all this pointless bickering with Young Master Jinghua just for the sake of the little princess? What if we offend him?
Looking out the window at the snow falling gently, Consort Lian felt a pang of self-pity and touched her face.
She feared that she would grow old and lose her beauty, no longer catching the Emperor's eye, and that she would have to rely on her son in the future.
**
As the year draws to a close, everyone in Beiyin, from the court to the common people, is filled with joy and celebration. After all, the whole year is for this one day, Yuanshuo.
The birch trees outside the Imperial Study were covered in frost and snow. Under the eaves of the Imperial Study, two guards dressed in armor and padded jackets stood watching.
Xiao Linzi was among them, but compared to the two tall and burly gatekeepers, he looked particularly pitiful.
Holding a whisk, wearing a thick cotton-padded coat, his shoulders hunched slightly from the cold, he looked weak, pitiful, and helpless.
When Changying returned from his errand, he saw Xiaolinzi huddled with his arms wrapped around himself, looking pitiful and on the verge of collapse, as a biting wind blew by.
His face was tense, his eyelids twitched violently, and he stepped forward, patting Xiao Linzi on the shoulder.
"If Father-in-law is not feeling well, he may go back to rest. There is no need to force himself."
These bodyguards knew a fair bit about the Emperor's daily life, especially since this was the Imperial Study, where the Emperor handled state affairs. There were very few places where Xiao Linzi could be of any use.
"Our Xie, the commander, can hold on. We're fine."
It was so cold that Xiao Linzi spoke in a trembling voice, just like a sapling swaying in a storm.
Long Eagle: "..."
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